David is Deputy Chairman of The London Press Club which provides opportunities for journalists and others interested in the media to meet and learn of new developments, debate the latest issues and explore our collective past as communicators.

Faversham Food Festival

David is one of founders of Faversham Food Festival which celebrates Faversham's rich food heritage and it's producers. Launching in 2014 Faversham Food Festival will grow over three years to be a world class week long event.

Prior to 1945 it was thought inconceivable that any world body could ensure the horrors of the previous six years were not to be repeated. The League of Nations, to which America did not belong, had done nothing to prevent the most horrific war ever experienced.

In speaking to the founding of the United Nations in the Opera House in San Francisco in 1945 President Truman said 'We must make certain by your work here today that another war will be impossible'. It is however readily apparent that the United Nations has not achieved its objective and in one of his letters of support Jim Callaghan, former British Prime Minister, attributed this at least in part to the advent of the Cold War. The concept of Shield would address the shortcomings of the UN and ensure sovereign warfare would become an impossibility.